Tuscaloosa man charged with murder after Queen City Avenue shooting

A 36-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection with a shooting that left one man dead Thursday night in Tuscaloosa.

At around 7:30 p.m., Tuscaloosa police officers were called to the 1800 block of Queen City Avenue after receiving reports of a shooting, said Capt. Marty Sellers of the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit.

Upon arrival, officers found a car that had been wrecked about two blocks away from the area of the shooting. Inside the wrecked car, officers said they found 37-year-old Rufus Tyrone Carter IV of Tuscaloosa, who had multiple wounds apparently caused by gunshots.

Carter was taken to a hospital, where he died from his injuries, Sellers said.

The Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit then assumed control of the investigation.

While investigators were arriving at the scene, Sellers said a man came to the Tuscaloosa Police Department front desk and turned himself in, saying he had just shot someone.

Investigators began questioning the man about the the Queen City Avenue shooting.

After speaking with witnesses and processing the evidence on scene, 36-year-old Reginal Dawayne Peoples,, also a resident of Tuscaloosa, was charged with murder.

Peoples was taken to the Tuscaloosa County Jail, where he is being held without bond in accordance with Aniah's Law. The law, approved as a constitutional amendment by Alabama voters in November 2022, gives prosecutors more discretion in denying bail to those charged with certain violent offenses.

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This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: Suspect turns himself in after fatal shooting on Queen City Avenue